camaroeater

It has NEVER been hard to shift gears(except reverse) and out of nowhere its hard to shift in 1st and 2nd and sometimes 3rd. Anyone no what this could be? Maybe clutch cable?

PRO50SC

The first thing I would do is check the tranny level and the integrity of the fluid.

As for the clutch, how does it feel?

camaroeater

I'll check the fluid later....the clutch feel as it did before problem. Ithas alway pusheddown easily, isn't spongy feelingand has the same resistance at every point when I push it down. The weird thing is that this all started the day after it rain like hell here and someone else drove my car while I was in it, but only like 12 miles.

Jfsram

Your clutch may not be fully disengaging.
An easy way to check for disengagment is. Idling, stopped.
Push the clutch pedal all the way down. Shifter in neutral.
After about 5 seconds try to engage reverse. No grind = clutch is fully disengaged.

camaroeater

One weird thing is that I can shift out of second w/o pressing clutch, but not in third or fourth. That can't be right.

1995mustang818

sounds like your clutch cable is stretched out you might wanna replace it with an adjustable cable hope this helps

Jfsram

Shifting out of any gear has little to do with your clutch or it's adjustment. As long as the load from the driveshaft/roadspeed matches the engine rpm. It will easily come out of gear. In fact you can even engage forward gears also.

Try the reverse thing. It will tell alot in diagnoising your problem.